Darfur is about Water
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Darfur is about water, or the lack of it - Darfur is about Global Warming.
Lake Chad and Sub-Saharan Africa generally dries up because North Americans and Europeans are wasteful, complacent and thoughtless; and social balances in Darfur are upset entirely. Anarchic tribalism, which has its good points, turns into industrialized anarchy which has none and everybody suffers, greatly - except for the North Americans and Europeans that is, but it won't be long till they do.
What goes around, comes around.
See if they take it with as much grace as this woman and her child - I doubt it, but I could be wrong.
Even beneath the basic minimum to live on the planet, say, 1 US $ a day, is the absolute requirement for water.
Robert Zoellick appears on the field for a quick inning, and scurries off to make a fortune on Wall Street. I can imagine the conversation:
Bush: Oh say Bob, on your way out could you stop in Abuja for a few days and fix Africa?
Bob: Sure George, I have a few days before I have to turn up at Goldman Sachs.
Reminds me of a poem by Leonard Cohen; he says,
"as a five-year-old scientist
leaves the room
where he has dissected an alarm clock"
The whole poem is apropos; unfortunately there is no copy to be had on-line and I no longer have the book on my shelf.
Maybe this is where Bashir gets the notion that it is a Jewish conspiracy.
Mr. Kofi Annan is stepping down soon too - he and his family, particularly his son I gather, are provided for. His replacement, next in line, Jean-Marie Guéhenno, says, 'maybe next year': "A six month timeline between the decision to deploy and the deployment is a more practical timeline especially if you think of the logistical conditions in Darfur, January 2007 is a much more realistic date."
Canadians in the loop, Lewis MacKenzie and Alan Rock, tell us perfection is not to be dreamed of.
No idea yeat what Alpha Oumar Konare, the AU chairman thinks, later.
Omar Hassan Ahmed Al-Bashir kicks out the United nations Mission in Sudan (UNMIS) 'planning team' for some cockamamie charge, any excuse, UNICEF can stay, for a while. Then he relents - just so we know who is in charge. He 'da man! (IRIN - June 27, Gov’t lifts ban on UN Darfur operations, I guess something they did, worked: IRIN - June 26, UN tries to resolve Darfur suspension).
References:
Darfur and United Nations bits & pieces (Archive).
June 19, Globe, China's Wen kicks off African charm offensive in Egypt,
June 20, Globe, Sudan's president rejects UN peacekeepers in Darfur,
June 20, NYT, No. 2 State Dept Official to Join Wall Street Firm,
June 20, Globe, Goldman grabs Washington insider,
June 24, Globe, Patience and persistence trump perfection, Allan Rock,
June 26, Globe, Forget a UN army, Lewis MacKenzie,
June 26, Globe, Sudan accuses world body of aiding rebel leader,
June 26, Chron, Sudan Lifts Suspension of U.N.'s Work.
Tags: Darfur, Sudan, United Nations, Zoellick, Al-Bashir, Minnawi, UNMIS.
Darfur is about water, or the lack of it - Darfur is about Global Warming.Lake Chad and Sub-Saharan Africa generally dries up because North Americans and Europeans are wasteful, complacent and thoughtless; and social balances in Darfur are upset entirely. Anarchic tribalism, which has its good points, turns into industrialized anarchy which has none and everybody suffers, greatly - except for the North Americans and Europeans that is, but it won't be long till they do.
What goes around, comes around.
See if they take it with as much grace as this woman and her child - I doubt it, but I could be wrong.
Even beneath the basic minimum to live on the planet, say, 1 US $ a day, is the absolute requirement for water.
Robert Zoellick appears on the field for a quick inning, and scurries off to make a fortune on Wall Street. I can imagine the conversation:
Bush: Oh say Bob, on your way out could you stop in Abuja for a few days and fix Africa?
Bob: Sure George, I have a few days before I have to turn up at Goldman Sachs.
Reminds me of a poem by Leonard Cohen; he says,
"as a five-year-old scientist
leaves the room
where he has dissected an alarm clock"
The whole poem is apropos; unfortunately there is no copy to be had on-line and I no longer have the book on my shelf.
Maybe this is where Bashir gets the notion that it is a Jewish conspiracy.
Mr. Kofi Annan is stepping down soon too - he and his family, particularly his son I gather, are provided for. His replacement, next in line, Jean-Marie Guéhenno, says, 'maybe next year': "A six month timeline between the decision to deploy and the deployment is a more practical timeline especially if you think of the logistical conditions in Darfur, January 2007 is a much more realistic date."
Canadians in the loop, Lewis MacKenzie and Alan Rock, tell us perfection is not to be dreamed of.
No idea yeat what Alpha Oumar Konare, the AU chairman thinks, later.
Omar Hassan Ahmed Al-Bashir kicks out the United nations Mission in Sudan (UNMIS) 'planning team' for some cockamamie charge, any excuse, UNICEF can stay, for a while. Then he relents - just so we know who is in charge. He 'da man! (IRIN - June 27, Gov’t lifts ban on UN Darfur operations, I guess something they did, worked: IRIN - June 26, UN tries to resolve Darfur suspension).
References:
Darfur and United Nations bits & pieces (Archive).
June 19, Globe, China's Wen kicks off African charm offensive in Egypt,
June 20, Globe, Sudan's president rejects UN peacekeepers in Darfur,
June 20, NYT, No. 2 State Dept Official to Join Wall Street Firm,
June 20, Globe, Goldman grabs Washington insider,
June 24, Globe, Patience and persistence trump perfection, Allan Rock,
June 26, Globe, Forget a UN army, Lewis MacKenzie,
June 26, Globe, Sudan accuses world body of aiding rebel leader,
June 26, Chron, Sudan Lifts Suspension of U.N.'s Work.
Tags: Darfur, Sudan, United Nations, Zoellick, Al-Bashir, Minnawi, UNMIS.
